BLOG Written on 23 June 2025 On 1 June 2025, the Sentencing Council introduced important amendments to its guidelines for health and safety, corporate manslaughter,
BLOG Written by Charles Spencer on 7 June 2021 Hybrid working seems to be emerging as the favoured post-pandemic approach. However, as well as being
Following a plateau in collision figures, a road safety charity has now stressed that urgent action is needed to tackle the number of work-related traffic
You may be given a longer prison sentence if as an employer you commit gross negligence manslaughter. Gross negligence manslaughter is used to prosecute people
Research shows UK organisations paid over £55 million in Health & Safety fines last year. That’s a hike of 148% on the 2015 figure!
Organisations increasingly face investigation for corporate manslaughter and the number of convictions is expected to dramatically increase in the coming years. The Corporate Manslaughter and
Three company bosses have been jailed after trying to cover up their safety failings and suggesting a fall from height was a worker’s own fault.
Work on fragile roofs is extremely dangerous and requires proper planning to make sure safety measures are considered and in place. In another tragic case
A textile manufacturing company has been sentenced along with one of its directors following the death of its managing director. A production line machine had
An HSE investigation has begun after a voluntary worker died while working on a canal excavation at Pewsham Locks in Wiltshire. A 63-year-old volunteer is
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